Schlumbergera
Schlumbergera in Ill. Hort. 5: 24. 1858 sec. Korotkova & al. 2011
- =Zygocactus, Fl. Bras. 4(2): 223. 1890 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Zygocactus truncatus
- =Zygocereus in Kreuzinger, Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 17. 1935 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Notes
Phylogenetics: Schlumbergera (the Christmas cactus) is one of the best-known and one of the morphologically best-defined Cactaceae genera, recognizable by its flattened stems and bright pink zygomorphic flowers. Its monophyly was confirmed by the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Calvente & al. (2011a) and Korotkova & al. (2011).A
Taxon standing
Category B. The genus is monophyletic based on phylogenetic studies that support the clade based on a sufficiently dense or even complete sampling, or support a monotypic genus as a distinct lineage, but do not provide a new taxonomic treatment at the species level. In many cases, older classical taxonomic synopses or a monographic treatment exist for these genera providing a reliable assessment of the species included.
Descriptions (aggregated)
Stem width: 2.5 cm [1]; stem shape: flattened [6] entire plant habitat: epiphytic [6], epilithic [5]; entire plant orientation: pendent [5], semierect [2]; entire plant branching: acrotonic [6]; entire plant pubescence: glabrous [4] flower quantity per areol contemporaneously: 1 [6]; flower coloration: pink [6]; flower architecture: zygomorphic [5], actinomorphic [1]; flower position: apical [6]; flower size qualitativ: large [6] areole prominence: superficial [6] fruit coloration: greenish [3], yellow [2], green [2], brown [2], yellowish [1], white [1], red [1], pink [1], greeen [1]; fruit shape: subglobose [3], turbinate [1], spherical [1], globular [1] bud orientation: oblique [6]
A single or the first number in square brackets denotes sample size
Bibliography
A. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383